The Effects of Educating Family Physicians and Setting Targets for Vaccination on Pneumococcal Vaccination Coverage Rates

Introduction: Streptococcus pneumoniae is the cause of invasive pneumococcal diseases, and the elderly have the highest risk of death. However, pneumococcal vaccine coverage among high-risk adults has been much lower than the targets set by international authorities. The fi rst aim of this study was...

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Main Authors: Serhat ÜNAL, Mine DURUSU TANRIÖVER, Erdoğan TAŞ, İlker GÜNER, Ömer Yalçın ÇETİN, İsmail SAYAR
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Bilimsel Tip Yayinevi 2015-03-01
Series:Flora Infeksiyon Hastalıkları ve Klinik Mikrobiyoloji Dergisi
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Online Access:http://www.floradergisi.org/getFileContent.aspx?op=REDPDF&file_name=2015-20-01-010-015.pdf